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AHC 2026

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he AHC is the UK’s foremost event for hospitality dealmakers and decision-makers. Taking place 14 - 15 September, 2026 in Manchester, UK, the conference delivers expert insights, high-value networking, and strategies to maximise ROI in hospitality investment, asset management and operations. The 2026 theme, 'All in: Mastering Risk for Reward', focuses on na…

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36Voices
41Underwriters
0Exhibitors
37On the bill · sessions
70Companies · in total
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The Voices

Programmed at AHC, in alphabetical order.
Alexi Khajavi
Group President | Hospitality & Operational Real Estate · Questex
Anand Menon
Director · UK in a Changing Europe
Aoife Roche
Regional Vice President, Sales - EMEA · STR
Brandon Riley
Director · Mill Lane Estates
Caspar Berry
Professional Poker Player
Danny Wilson
Managing Director, Manchester City Operations · City Football Group
David Anderson
President · Aimbridge EMEA
David Kellett
Head of Hotel Capital Markets EMEA · Savills
Devin Grosse
Chief Executive Officer · Focus Hotels
Dimitris Manikis
President · Wyndham Hotels & Resorts EMEA
Federico Gonzalez Tejera
Executive Vice Chairman · Radisson Hotel Group / Louvre Hotels Group
Graham Dodd
Vice President Development UK & Ireland · Accor
Hussein Sunderji
Managing Director and Partner · EQ Hotels
Jack Meaning
UK Chief Economist · Barclays
James Bland
Director of Travel, Hospitality and Leisure Research · Ipsos
Jens Blomdahl
Managing Director · KSL Capital Partners
JJ Lenhart
Managing Director · The Baupost Group
John Vincent
Co Founder & Former CEO · LEON Restaurants
Julie Rey-Gore
Sr Content Director - Operational Real Estate · Questex
Katie Morton Lee
Head of Hotels · Barclays
Kevin Styles
CEO · THE PIG Hotel Group
Laura Brinkmann
Managing Director & Founder · Effizia Strategic Partners

— and 14 more, by name unsung —

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Underwritten By

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
4C Hotel Group
Accor
Activum AG
AG Hotels
AHC Digital
Arora Group
Aroundtown
Axiom Hospitality
Blackstone
CP Holdings Group
Crimson Hotels
Dean Street
Eurostars
First Inn Group
Fragrance Group
Gerent
Heeton
Hospitality Investor
Hotel Management
IDeaS
IHG
IHIF
JDP Hotels Group
KSL
Legacy Hotels
Legal & General
Lowy Group
L+R
Mactaggart Family & Partners
Mollie's
New World
NFU Mutual
OKKO
Pandox
R & R Forum
Splendid Hospitality Group
Starboard
Supercity
The AHC
Trident Hotels
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The Programme

Selected from 37 sessions on the bill.
  • Mon, Sep 14 02:00 PM

    Capital Talks: Knowing when to hold, fold or go all in

    Vision stage
  • Mon, Sep 14 02:00 PM

    Capital Talks: Knowing when to hold, fold or go all in

    Vision stage
  • Mon, Sep 14 02:40 PM

    Invest Local: Hospitality development at the heart of regeneration and placemaking

    Vision stage
  • Mon, Sep 14 04:20 PM

    Know your odds: Rethinking risk and return

    Vision Pulse stage
  • Mon, Sep 14 04:20 PM

    Know your odds: Rethinking risk and return

    Vision Pulse stage
  • Mon, Sep 14 10:30 AM

    Welcome to AHC 2026

    Vision stage
  • Mon, Sep 14 10:30 AM

    Welcome to AHC 2026

    Vision stage
  • Mon, Sep 14 10:40 AM

    Economy, policy and global flows: Where are we right now?

    Vision stage
  • Mon, Sep 14 10:40 AM

    Economy, policy and global flows: Where are we right now?

    Vision stage
Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 70 companies show up — and 2 bet on three roles at once?

70 companies. two are betting more than once.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page — cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

01Fig. 01 — Composition of the House
2All threespeak · spons · exh
39Sponsoringsponsor only
0Exhibitingexhibitor only
29Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

Accor·Blackstone

02Fig. 02 — The Voices, by Seniority

81% of the speakers carry senior titles — C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite514%
  • Founder / Owner26%
  • VP-level514%
  • Director / Head of1747%
  • Manager / Lead13%
  • Other roles617%

Of 36 on the bill · classified by free-text title

03Fig. 03 — The Heaviest in the Room
  1. 01AccorSp1V
  2. 02BlackstoneSp1V
  3. 034C Hotel GroupSp
  4. 04Activum AGSp
  5. 05AG HotelsSp
  6. 06AHC DigitalSp
  7. 07Arora GroupSp
  8. 08AroundtownSp
  9. 09Axiom HospitalitySp
  10. 10CP Holdings GroupSp
  11. 11Crimson HotelsSp
  12. 12Dean StreetSp
  13. 13EurostarsSp
  14. 14First Inn GroupSp
04Fig. 04 — By Tier
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